Explanation of the Book of Friday Prayer and the Two Festivals-02b
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The reader: Adam narrated to us, Ibn Abi Dhi'b narrated to us, Al-Zuhri said, from Sa'id and Abu Salama, from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : Al-Bukhari said: The chapter on walking to the Friday prayer. Then he mentioned the saying of Allah the Exalted: Then he clarified that the "striving" (sa'y) here is not the striving meaning intense walking, and he provided evidence for this by the saying of Allah the Exalted: meaning His saying: [Al-Isra 17:19] The meaning is not that he came running and hurrying, but rather that he worked for it. This indicates that the intended meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: is that you should turn away and direct yourselves to the remembrance of Allah the Exalted and perform the prayer.
Then he mentioned the report of 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas who said: "Selling is prohibited at that time" due to the saying of Allah the Exalted: The command here is for obligation, and when it becomes obligatory to leave off selling, selling becomes forbidden.
And 'Ata said: "All trades are prohibited", and on this basis, the term "selling" here is either by way of example or because that is the reality and the most common case. If that is the case, then the issue of trades is included. But do contracts that are not for exchange and not for acquiring wealth fall under this? It is possible that it is this and that, meaning, for example, a marriage contract, a gift, a loan, and the like of what is not for exchange. Does it fall under this? It is possible that it is included because the operative cause is one. For example, if a group of people were sitting in a place waiting for the groom to contract the marriage, and the call to prayer for Friday was made, do we say there is no harm in staying and contracting the marriage, or must you stand up? The apparent view is the latter, and that he specified selling only because that is the most common and predominant.
And Ibrahim ibn Sa'd said, from Al-Zuhri: "If the mu'adhdhin calls on Friday day and he is a traveler, he must attend" due to the generality of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Jumu'ah 62:9] and the traveler is among the believers. And on this basis, if the traveler is in a town and intends to walk in the late afternoon and the call to prayer for Friday is made, he must attend the Friday prayer. Many people are negligent of this; you find him saying that he is a traveler and Friday is not obligatory upon him. We say: Yes, the traveler for whom Friday is not obligatory is the one who walks in the desert. But as for the one who is in the town and hears the call, Allah says: [Al-Jumu'ah 62:9].
Then he mentioned the hadith of Abu 'Ubbas, but what is the point of it? The point is his saying: "And I am going to the Friday prayer" This is the apparent reason he cited it. It is possible that he intended to clarify that going to the Friday prayer is in the path of Allah because it is obedience to the command of Allah the Mighty and Majestic. So let us look at al-Fath.
The reader: The first or the second?
The Shaykh : By Allah, the second is closer.
The Shaykh : Al-Bukhari said: The chapter on walking to the Friday prayer. Then he mentioned the saying of Allah the Exalted:
So hasten to the remembrance of Allah
فاسعوا إلى ذكر اللهand he strove for it with his striving
وسعى لها سعيهاBut whoever desires the Hereafter and exerts the effort due to it
ومن أراد الآخرة وسعى لها سعيهاSo hasten to the remembrance of Allah
فاسعوا إلى ذكر اللهThen he mentioned the report of 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas who said: "Selling is prohibited at that time" due to the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And leave the sale
وذروا البيعAnd 'Ata said: "All trades are prohibited", and on this basis, the term "selling" here is either by way of example or because that is the reality and the most common case. If that is the case, then the issue of trades is included. But do contracts that are not for exchange and not for acquiring wealth fall under this? It is possible that it is this and that, meaning, for example, a marriage contract, a gift, a loan, and the like of what is not for exchange. Does it fall under this? It is possible that it is included because the operative cause is one. For example, if a group of people were sitting in a place waiting for the groom to contract the marriage, and the call to prayer for Friday was made, do we say there is no harm in staying and contracting the marriage, or must you stand up? The apparent view is the latter, and that he specified selling only because that is the most common and predominant.
And Ibrahim ibn Sa'd said, from Al-Zuhri: "If the mu'adhdhin calls on Friday day and he is a traveler, he must attend" due to the generality of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
O you who have believed, when [the adhan] is called for the prayer on the day of Jumu'ah [Friday], then proceed to the remembrance of Allah
يا أيها الذين أمنوا إذا نودي للصلاة من يوم الجمعة فاسعوا إلى ذكر اللهwhen [the adhan] is called for the prayer on the day of Jumu'ah [Friday], then proceed to the remembrance of Allah
إذا نودي للصلاة من يوم الجمعة فاسعوا إلى ذكر اللهThen he mentioned the hadith of Abu 'Ubbas, but what is the point of it? The point is his saying: "And I am going to the Friday prayer" This is the apparent reason he cited it. It is possible that he intended to clarify that going to the Friday prayer is in the path of Allah because it is obedience to the command of Allah the Mighty and Majestic. So let us look at al-Fath.
The reader: The first or the second?
The Shaykh : By Allah, the second is closer.